The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 618
April 28 is the day of Taoist temples and temple fairs in various places.

According to legend, on this day, the gods in the sky will come to the world to serve the believers.Therefore, this day is also the most prosperous day for temples and Taoist temples.

However, there are also many people who do not have time to burn incense, and they have more important things to do.

Jia Min's fleet set off from Dadonggou, met Chen Yeqing's third brigade and other Vendura cavalry at Niuzhuanghui, and headed west together.

More than a hundred large ships formed a fleet that has always been mighty.

Most of these ships were manufactured by Sun's shipyard in Beihai.From the beginning, it was designed as a warship.

In addition to transporting soldiers, there is also a huge cabin that can accommodate a large amount of food and grass for war horses.

Cannons were installed on the side of the ship, with fierce firepower.

In addition to the ships from the North Sea, there were also ships seized from the Goryeo and Tianshun courts.

On the morning of April 28, the fleet entered Qinhuangdao Port, not far from Shanhaiguan.

There was almost no decent defense in the port. Only three shots were fired, and a burst of machine gun fire. A hundred or so San Francisco defenders fled, and the North and South Ventura cavalry landed here smoothly.

From here they will attack Shanhaiguan from the rear.

Jia Min led the third and fourth brigades and continued westward.

At the right time on April 28, Shengjing's recovery army, led by Chang'an, began to attack Shanhaiguan.

The San Francisco army has always maintained a tight defense in the direction of Shengjing, so the battle was fierce.

More than an hour after launching the attack, the rear of Shanhaiguan was suddenly violently attacked.

Because this time the Vendura cavalry was equipped with ten field cannons and ten machine guns, and each soldier was equipped with two grenades, so the progress went smoothly and they quickly attacked Xiluo City.

Here, the wild cannon was fired flatly, and the Ying'en Gate was broken again.

As soon as the Welcoming Gate opened, the Vendura cavalry swarmed in and rushed into the city.

As soon as the Wendura cavalry entered the city.The defense of the city immediately fell into chaos.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Luo Xingshan and others led their troops to break through the east gate of the town,

Liu Fang, Chen Ruiwen, and Ma Shangde led elite troops to break through the Great Wall from the mountain and occupy the fortress of Jiaoshan.Start to move closer to the city.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, except for 8000 people who fled, more than [-] people surrendered, and the remaining [-] people were all wiped out.

The Restoration Army successfully occupied Shanhaiguan, opening the gate to the imperial capital.

That night, Chang'an held a celebration banquet. On the second day, [-] soldiers and horses were left to defend Shanhaiguan, and the rest began to march westward, heading straight for the imperial capital.

On the first day of May, the [-]th Brigade arrived in Weiwaihai, Tianjin.Stop in Hangu area.The fourth brigade convoy continued its journey and arrived in the sea off Tanggu.

At [-]:[-] p.m. on the first day of May, the third and fourth brigades landed simultaneously in Tanggu and Hangu.

At this time, the navy of San Francisco had no decent strength at all.The entire coastal area had been controlled by Feng Zijing's navy before.

The main forces of the San Francisco were all placed on land to resist the recovery army from the northeast, northwest, and Zhili.There is no decent army defense in Tianjinwei's port.The third and fourth brigades landed smoothly.

After landing, it took only one regiment and more than an hour to wipe out the defenders of Tianjin Wei.

Then the third and fourth brigades headed north overnight.

The marching route of the third brigade was to arrive at the imperial capital via Wuqing, Langfang, Daxing, and Fengtai.

The route of the fourth brigade is to approach the imperial capital via Lutai, Baodi, Xianghe, Tongzhou.

After a night of rapid marching and almost no resistance along the way, Jia Min and the Fourth Brigade arrived in Tongzhou at nine o'clock the next morning.

After resting and eating here, Jia Min and Baochai arrived at the wharf of the Tongzhou Grand Canal.

Tongzhou Wharf is a place that Jia Min remembers deeply.

At the beginning, after his biological mother passed away, he came to the imperial capital from Lujiazhuang in Zhili, and it was here that he landed.

In front of Laifu Inn, Jia Min stopped.

"At the beginning, when I came from Zhili, I stayed in this inn."

Thinking of the scene at that time, Jia Min couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

That seems like a long way off.

"It's here that Zhou Rui poisoned you?"

What happened back then is no longer a secret in Jia's mansion, and Baochai and others already know about it.

Baochai and the girls of Jia's family didn't mention it.Miaoyu and Daiyu didn't care about that, and would tease Jia Min about it.

"Yeah, thinking about it now, I find it very interesting."

"It's also because of the good fortune of the fourth brother Min that he survived the catastrophe. Alas, at that time, the mansion was also in chaos. When my mother and I first arrived in the mansion, we also felt as if we couldn't breathe. We had to be careful in every word and action, for fear of saying Wrong words, wrong things. I'm worried and scared all day long."

"Are you still afraid? Why do I think you are very courageous?"

"Where did I come from so bold?"

"If you're not that bold, why would you dare to lead a maidservant and run all the way to Bukui?"

"You man, I talk to you well, but you come to tease me. If you do this again, I will ignore you."

Baochai showed shyness on her face, and gently pinched Jia Min's arm with her slender fingers.

Recalling that I escaped from marriage back then, I feel a little proud.If he hadn't escaped back then, how could he still be with Fourth Brother Min now.

Jia Min grabbed Baochai's hand smoothly, but Baochai struggled twice and did not break free, so he had to let him catch her.

"In broad daylight, let people see it, how decent it is."

"I hold my own wife's hand, what does it matter to others?"

Although Jia Min didn't care about it, she still looked back and saw several of her own soldiers and Ying'er looking at her and laughing.

Seeing Jia Min looking at them, he hastily turned away.

"Look, they're all laughing at us."

Baochai struggled again, Jia Min didn't want to embarrass her, so he let go.

"How old is Yinger this year?"

"Nineteen."

"Oh, in a blink of an eye, everyone has become a grown-up girl. It's time for them to get married."

"I'm thinking about this too. When the war is over, I will ask her to marry."

"Who did she see for herself?"

"When we were in Beihai, Wei Ruoyu always came to my place. When he saw Yinger, he was a little dazed. I think he has his eyes on Yinger."

"It's a good thing. Our Ying'er's character and appearance are also outstanding. Although she was born as a maid, she is better than many other young ladies."

"I'll ask Yinger in the future. If she is willing, they will be fulfilled. However, I am really reluctant to leave Yinger."

"That's something that can't be helped. We can't delay his lifelong event."

The two were talking when Wei Ruolan came over.

"Officer Min, the preparations have been completed, and we can set off to carry out the mass beheading plan."

"Okay, let's go. Baochai, go and arrest Luo Qihua and the others. Be careful."

"Brother Min, don't worry."

Ten minutes later, the fourth brigade set off and marched towards the imperial capital, carrying out the mass beheading plan.

The so-called beheading plan refers to the plan of the third and fourth brigades to attack the imperial capital.

Corresponding to the big beheading plan, there is also a small beheading plan.

The small beheading plan had already been implemented a few months ago.

The small beheading plan was divided into two phases.

The first stage is to sneak into the imperial capital and conduct a public opinion war in the imperial capital.

Some notices appeared in the imperial capital before, exposing the collusion between the San Francisco and the Mogu people, promoting the achievements of Wu Zetian, the auspiciousness of Fengming Qishan, and the songs sung by children: Chang’an, Chang’an, Chang’an, Chang’an, these are the first stages of the small beheading plan .

These actions were basically led by Daiyu and Lichun, and carried out under the protection of Wei Ruoshui.

In the second stage, after the arrival of the third and fourth brigades, Wei Ruoshui led the special forces to directly attack the palace. The first target of the operation was naturally Emperor Tianshun Han Tiandou.

Daheimen, Jinyi Army Yamen.

Sun Tongren, the commander of Jinyi Army, was with Yin Jiayu Village of Shuntian Prefecture.

There was tea on the case in front of them, but after the tea was brewed, neither of them took a sip.

When the two met before, they always had a lot to say, but when they got together today, they had nothing to say.

It's not that I don't want to talk, but the topic is too heavy.The more I talked, the more frustrated I became.

But, still have to say.

Talk about your back road.

"Now that Shanhaiguan is lost and the west gate of the imperial capital is open, it will be very difficult to stop the recovery army."

Tongren Sun habitually picked up the teacup and put it down again.

"Hey, I didn't expect such a complete defeat in such a short period of time. What is Brother Sun's plan now?"

"What other plans are there? I offended the Zhao family back then, but now Chang'an can let me go? Let's take one step at a time. I envy Brother Shi Fei. Now that Jia Min has gained power, you have a way out."

"I have a way out?"

Jia Yucun smiled wryly.

"Now everyone in the Jia family hates me so much that they want to strip me alive. I'm afraid it's worse than you."

"I never thought that Jia Min is now the one who controls the world. He is only in his early twenties, right?"

"It's not about age. Look at his song "Spring Snow in Qinyuan", which is majestic, full of heart, and brilliant in writing, which already shows his magnanimity."

At this moment, Jia Yucun had to admit that the Jia family had someone better than him.

"It's not good, my lord."

A subordinate suddenly barged in.

"What's the panic?
"My lord, Jia Min has already landed in Tianjin Wei, and is currently marching towards the imperial capital, and has reached Tongzhou and Fengtai."

"Jia Min has arrived in Tongzhou and Fengtai, how is it possible? What does he want to do? Does he want to attack the imperial capital?"

"It's impossible, how could he be so bold? Does he not want to live anymore?"

Jia Yucun also stood up.

"Is the news reliable?"

"It's true, it's absolutely true."

At this moment, two eunuchs came in.

"Master Sun, the emperor called you into the palace to discuss matters, yo, Lord Jia is also here, just to save me from making another trip, the emperor will also call you."

Rumbling, there was a burst of cannon fire, and then two shells exploded outside the house. The strong shock wave shattered the window paper.

"Where did the shells come from?"

Several people glanced at each other, but no one answered.

However, I already have a count in my heart.

"I'm going to the palace to see the emperor."

Jia Yucun said, and hurried out to leave.

After leaving Daheimen, Jia Yucun neither entered the palace nor returned to the yamen, did not even sit in a sedan chair, pulled a horse, and rushed home.

As soon as he entered the door, he yelled.

"Ma'am, something is wrong. Jia Min has hit the imperial capital. Hurry up, pack up your things quickly, let's run for our lives."

Jiao Xing was sitting in the living room, seeing Jia Yucun flustered, she couldn't help sighing.

"Master, where else can we go? We can still go out at this time, can we go?"

"It's just a woman's opinion. Is it possible to just wait here to die? Are you going to go or not? If you don't go, I will go alone."

Jia Yucun ignored Jiao Xing and entered the house.

He had already made preparations to escape.The things have been packed, and they are just waiting for something bad to happen, so they can escape at any time.

In an instant, Jia Yucun, the master, the housekeeper and two attendants reappeared in the hall.

"Are you going to go?"

"I do not go."

Jiao Xing had no expression on her face, she looked outside blankly.

"This is something you don't want to leave by yourself, let's go."

Jia Yucun ignored Jiao Xing again, and they ran out in a panic.

Jiao Xing was left in the room, shedding tears silently.

Listening to the sound of rumbling cannons in the distance, Jiao Xing's heart trembled.

She remembered the phrase people used to say.

Husband and wife are originally birds in the same forest, and they fly separately in the face of adversity.

(End of this chapter)